Friday, February 26, 2010

Coldbeans Software announced the next milestone in JSOS (servlets office suite) development. JSOS reaches the version 6.70. This largest collection of Java servlets and filters provides 140+ "out of the box" components ready for building web-pages. See it here

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Nice tool lets you publish big photos on the map. The Google Map Image Cutter is an application designed to take any image or digital photo and cut it into tiles which are displayed on a Google Map. Using this tool, large images can be published on the web in a format that allows the user to pan and zoom using the standard Google Maps interface.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Geo Mail provides an email form where you type your message title and body and choose whether you want to include a link to either a scrollable or static Google map or just your latitude and longitude. When you hit the "Send" button GeoMail opens your device's default Email app with the message and location information pre-populated, all you have to do is specify the recipient and send the email. Our Geo mail mashup on Wap Review site.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Java servlets filter lets you add default parameters to the requests. E.g. a wrapping (facade) for the existing application that expects to get some predefined set of parameters etc. And now you can even set dynamic values for default parameters. See details here.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Many modern blog platforms (most of them actually) let you publish data by email. You can just send email to some service address and platform transforms it into a new post. For example, in Posterous you can send data to post@your_blog.posterours.com, in Friendfeed it is share@friendfeed.com, in Blogger you can set address in Settings->Email&Mobile tab etc.

A new mashup Geo posts lets you create a personalized mobile web application for posting geo related data to your blog. Just set a service email address in the form below and get a link to mobile web application for iPhone, Android or S60 platform. This web application lets you email new postings right from the map - just click on the draggable marker presents the location. And application automatically adds to email a link to the location. So your posts will have a direct link to some map. It is probably the easiest way for sharing locations, write about some check-ins, lets your readers to see the place you are writing about etc.

Also you can create with this mashup your own emergency communication tool. You can predefine not only email address for sending your location but a phone number for SMS too. So you will be able to share your location via email/sms just in one click.

Mashup creates a personal link for your geo-sharing application as well as QR code for loading this link right into your mobile.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Mobile mashup Big map has been updated. Mashup implements a new way for sharing location info to mobile users. This web application offers a full screen map with some marker pointing to the current position. Initially marker will be placed automatically but you can of course drag it to the new position. And as soon as you click on it, you will be able to send a link to the map via email and SMS. No registration, no passwords etc. Just send (share) a map. And do it via the standard messaging. Also gmail.com users can Buzz own locations right from the map.

Also you can bookmark locations in your mobile browser. Just hit a link within the info window. And bookmark the opened page.

Link to mobile web application is:

http://mbigmap.linkstore.ru (it is mobile site).

You can copy this link right to your mobile from QR code on the left. Also you can use this short URL http://bit.ly/7zu3iY.

It works on iPhone, Android and S60 phones.

P.S. and static maps for mobile users could be created with the following mashups: Mobile maps and QR map

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Chat engine – servlet that implements a base (central hub) for web chats. JSON based API lets you create rooms, users, create and request public and private messages. We choose JSON as a basic API, so your web chat could be implemented on mobile web too.A full source code example for the basic web chat is included. See it here.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Geo-signature in email. Web-application for iPhone, lets you share your location via email: http://www.servletsuite.com/geomail(it is a mobile site). Yet another way to share your location without going to some social network. Just send your data directly.

You can download application right to your phone with the QR-code above. Or use the following short URL http://bit.ly/dr5H1m

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

An interesting idea from Google - Store View. Google Store Views will allow people to essentially walk into the store, off of Google Street Views. So for example you are looking at this store, and then you can click on the door to enter it, all on Google Maps. Then when you enter the store, you can wall through it.

P.S. As per Street View let us point your attention to our mashup Tweet Street View. You can see Street View and either an appropriate map or a list of Twitter messages nearby. Here is a description.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Mobile mashup Big map has been updated. Mashup implements a new way for sharing location info to mobile users. This web application offers a full screen map with some marker pointing to the current position. Initially marker will be placed automatically but you can of course drag it to the new position. And as soon as you click on it, you will be able to send a link to the map via email and SMS. No registration, no passwords etc. Just send (share) a map. And do it via the standard messaging.

Also you can bookmark locations in your mobile browser. Just hit a link within the info window. And bookmark the opened page.

Link to mobile web application is:

http://mbigmap.linkstore.ru (it is mobile site).

You can copy this link right to your mobile from QR code on the left. Also you can use this short URL http://bit.ly/7zu3iY.

It works on iPhone, Android and S60 phones.

P.S. and static maps for mobile users could be created with the following mashups: Mobile maps and QR map

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Our mashup Geo Talk has been updated. It lets you create forums (discussions) linked to the particular place on the map.

Just mark a place, type a question (suggestion, information etc.) – in other words create an initiation for the discussion and get unique link for the map with embedded forum. After that you can share this link with your partners/colleges, print in your blog / twitter etc. – it depends on your own decision only – who you want to see among readers. And after that you can just follow to the discussion.

No registration required. Technically it is Google Maps + cloud forums from Disqus.

You can discuss some geo points, POI’s (points of interests – shops, bars etc.) or, for example, create a private forum devoted so some meeting in the selected place.